Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full
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Our database holds 38 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1989 Mazda 323. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
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THE ALTERNATOR QUIT WHICH CAUSED THE COOLING FAN TO STOP , THE HEAT LIGHT DIDNT COME ON SO THE CAR RAN HOT AND EXPLODED THE RADIATOR, THE TOP OF THE RADIATOR CRACKED AND SPEWED OUT ALL OF THE WATER , THE BRAKES FAILED TWICE AND HAD TO REPLACE THE MASTER CYLINDER AND REAR BRAKES ,
MECHANIC WAS INFORMED BY MAZDA TO CAREFULLY OBSERVE BELT TENSION. MECHANIC FEELS THAT MAZDA'S DESIGN ON THE CRANKSHAFT HAS TOO LITTLE METAL LEFT AFTER THE FRONT JOUNAL TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE STRENGTH FOR CRANK NOT TO BREAK OVER LONG PERIOD OF TIME. CRANKSHAFT IS CUT DOWN A LOT FROM THE JOURNAL SIZE. MECHANIC NOTED THAT MAZDA HAS A SERVICE BULLENTIN IN REFERENCE TO ACCESORY BELT TENSIONS AND FEELS THAT MAZDA IS NOT WANTING TO ADMIT THAT CRANKSHAFT IS TOO SMALL. DIAMETER OF SHAFT LENDS ITSELF TO PERMATURE FAILURE DUE TO METAL FATIGUE. MECHANIC NOTED OTHER REPORTS ON NHTSA WEBSITE IN REFERENCE TO THIS PROBLEM. FELT NOTICE NEEDS TO BE OUT THERE. PROPERLY SIZED CRANKSHAFTS WITH PROPER LUBRICATION DO NOT BREAK. THEY ARE REUSED IN MOTOR CORES FOR REBUILDING. THIS RESULTED IN A PURCHASE OF A NEW ENGINE, NOT A REBULIT, FROM MAZDA.*AK
RIGHT/LEFT TIRES ARE JERKING REAL BAD WHEN TRAVELING AT ABOUT 60 MPH. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH THERE IS VIBRATION WITHIN THE STEEING WHEEL AND THE STEERING IS OFF CENTER. *AK
CONSUMER HAS A VEHCLE WHERE NEITHER ONE OF THE REAR RESTRAINT BELTS WORK. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
VEHICLE SHIFTED FROM PARK TO DRIVE AND EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION RESULTING IN VEHICLE COLLISION.
WHILE DRIVING THE LEFT REAR WHEEL CAME OUT DUE TO SPINDLE BREAKING OFF. *AK
THE CRANKSHAFT PULLEY BOLT BROKE, WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSING ENGINE FAILURE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS.
THE CRANKSHAKT HAS BEEN REPLACED AT FOUR DIFFERENT TIMES . *AK
DRIVING AT SPEED 65MPH, VEHICLE OVERHEATED, UNDER THE HOOD COMPARTMENT FIRE, FAULTY FUEL PUMP, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO EXPLODE. *AK
WHEN DRIVING THE VHEILCE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT.*AK *SLC
THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR LOCKS UP WHEN TRYING TO RETRACT IT BACK MANUALLY . PLEASE DESCRIBE .*AK
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE, ALSO VEHICLE OVERHEATED. *AK
DRIVERS SEAT BELT BUCKLE CAME UNBUCKLED WHEN HIT FROM BEHIND, CAUSING INJURIES TO DRIVER. *DSH
WHEEL SPINDLE BROKE, CAUSING WHEEL TO FALL OFF. *DSH
#EA95-005 THE FRONT PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE ARE BROKEN. TT THE DEALER STATES THAT NO DECISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE REGARDING A RECALL, HOWEVER THERE IS A RECALL, 95V103005. *SLC
#95V103005 THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE BROKE. TT
THE DRIVERS SIDE SEATBELT BUCKLE DOES NOT LATCH AND IS NOT COVERED IN THE RECALL. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE . TT
VEHICLES DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT FEMALE PORTION BROKE. TT
THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE BROKE . *AK
THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE COME LOOSE WHEN LOCK. TT
MANIFOLD IS CRACKED; NOISY; AFFECTS ENGINE. TT
DRIVER'S SHOULDER/LAP BELT BUCKLE DOES NOT CATCH; WHEN ENGAGED, WILL DISENGAGE WITH SLIGHT MOVEMENT. TT
SEAT BELT BUCKLE HAD TO BE REPLACED ON DRIVERS SIDE. TT
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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